Sharp shooter

[DeathGrip]

Gay snipers.

Gay snipers champing at the bit?

 

[BearBio]

If you think the people on Pawn Stars know their gun lore, you haven't watched much. During the Civil War, there were Berdan's Sharp Shooters, and they weren't using Sharps rifles. The expression goes back long before. Still an interesting program, and they do show respect for the history of the guns that come in.

While I agree they know little about gun history, you are incorrect.

"On President Lincoln's personal intervention, after witnessing a spectacular exhibition of marksmanship by Col. Berdan, the Sharpshooters were promised their Sharps rifles."

"The long-awaited Sharps rifle were finally delivered in May and June of 1862, and gave great satisfaction as " a perfectly safe and reliable arm, combining accuracy with rapidity, just what a skirmish line needed for effective work"."

History

Also, the "expert" from Pawn Stars is doing a show called Lords of War or something like that. What a joke!

Examples:

1. $700 dollars for an M-1 Carbine-looked like a 1943 from the furnishings. Good stock. Supposedly US arsenal refurbished (Korean War era). Didn't even mention manufacterer. $700??
2. Gibbs manufactured Mannlicher. Boxed and marked by Gibbs (in fitted case). Immaculate. Supposedly owned by Denys Finch-Hatton (OK, that is speculation) but only $2500?

 

[Cooter Brown]

I'm with you, BearBio. The gun "expert" that has his own show now and appears on Pawn Stars drives me nuts.

He insists that every gun that passes thru his hands has to be fired and that doing so will increase the value. I've seen those goofballs shooting old blunderbusses, canons etc. I understand it's TV but and the producers want to see something go bang but to present actually shooting the gun as necessary to determine value is an idiotic and dangerous thing to tell people.

Most anyone with a basic understanding of firearms can determine in most cases whether or not a gun will fire. It's especially easy with a muzzleloader. Determining whether it's safe to do so is something else and requires more knowledge and often equipment and gauges most people don't have.

 

[Palmetto Sharpshooter]

There were Sharpshooter regiments on both sides. My handle here is for the South Carolina Palmetto Sharpshooters of which my g-g-grandfather was a member. My information is that they were armed with Enfields and maybe some Whitworths; no Sharps here.

 

[DeathGrip]

Tonights quote from "Wild West Alaska"......

"Biting at the Chomp".

Good TV for only $120 a month.

"I think there's a 'Squatch in in this Amish Gator Moonshiners Pit bull paroles redneck mudding tow truck from the Ice road sculptures show".

 

[rwsmith]

Deadly combo

Sharp shooting shape shifters. Say that three times real fast.

 

[desi2358]

That so-called "arms expert" on pawn stars doesn't impress me much. His info often seems to be a little off, firing antiques without having a real expert determine the safety of the gun is a good way to end up hurt and reduce a potentially valuable antique to scrap. He really does not seem to know what he's talking about when it comes to antiques.

On the "sharp-shooter" issue, Berdans Sharp Shooters were promised Sharps rifles when they joined but were originally issued Colt revolving rifles. They used these or their own personal target rifles until they were finally issued the Sharps rifles.

 

[CW Spook]

It appears that the term "sharpshooter" goes back at least to ca. 1800.

Online Etymology Dictionary